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An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age: 39 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 4
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Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience. And he has now reached the day when violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another's flesh.
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Science deals mainly with facts religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.
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We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the average Negro today, he knows nothing about Africa. And I think he's got to face the fact that he is an American, his culture is basically American, and one becomes adjusted to this when he realizes what, what he is.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.
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Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.
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If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.
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We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.
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Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately love is the highest good. He who loves has somehow discovered the meaning of ultimate reality. He who hates does not know God he who hates has no knowledge of God. Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to reestablish the spiritual needs of our lives in personal character and social justice. Without this spiritual and moral reawakening we shall destroy ourselves in the misuse of our own instruments.
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Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
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Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
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Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.
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I think there can be a collective leadership. Maybe some symbolize the struggle [for human's rights] a little more than others, but I think it's absolutely necessary for the leadership to be united in order to make the revolution effective.
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